Surah Az-Zumar · Ayah 48·Makkī

48

لَهُمْ مَا بِهِم مَّا بِهِۦ ﴿٤٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Rarest here: ح-ي-ق — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 43 letters · āyah 48 of 75

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 16:34 · An-Nahlvery close

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 59:15 · Al-Hashrvery close

    كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

  • Quran 28:42 · Al-Qasasvery close

    وَأَتْبَعْنَٰهُمْ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ

    And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.

  • Quran 41:16 · Fussilatclose

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more…

  • Quran 27:5 · An-Namlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

  • Quran 26:6 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:335 shared roots

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قب-د-وه-ز-أس-و-أك-و-ن

  • An-Nahl 16:344 shared roots

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أس-و-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:413 shared roots

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:103 shared roots

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:833 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:452 shared roots

    فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    ح-ي-قس-و-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 39:48?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 39:48 include Quran 16:34 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 59:15 (Surah Al-Hashr), Quran 28:42 (Surah Al-Qasas), and Quran 41:16 (Surah Fussilat). For example, 16:34 reads: “So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 39:48 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 39:48 (Surah Az-Zumar, The Groups) reads: “And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.”

Which surah is verse 39:48 in?

Quran 39:48 is āyah 48 of Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups), chapter 39 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 39:48?

Tartīl presents Quran 39:48 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.